Human extinction - Wikipedia
WEBHuman extinction is the hypothetical end of the human species, either by population decline due to extraneous natural causes, such as an asteroid impact or large-scale volcanism, or via anthropogenic destruction (self-extinction), for example by sub-replacement fertility.
Humans Are Doomed to Go Extinct - Scientific American
WEBNov 30, 2021 · Humans Are Doomed to Go Extinct. Habitat degradation, low genetic variation and declining fertility are setting Homo sapiens up for collapse. By Henry Gee. Jordan Lye/Getty Images. Evolution...
What's likely to cause human extinction – and how can we avoid it?
WEBFeb 19, 2019 · What's likely to cause human extinction – and how can we avoid it? Stanford epidemiologist Stephen Luby sees three potential outcomes for humanity by 2100: extinction, the collapse of civilization with limited survival, or a thriving society.
Will Humans Ever Go Extinct? - Scientific American
WEBMar 21, 2023 · Humans could be wiped out by a catastrophic asteroid strike, commit self-destruction with worldwide nuclear war or succumb to the ravages caused by the climate emergency.
Earth Now Has 8 Billion Humans. This Man Wishes There Were …
WEBNov 23, 2022 · Nearly half of all pregnancies worldwide, some 121 million a year, are unintended. The Center of Biological Diversity, for its part, has handed out a million endangered species-themed condoms ...
Human-driven mass extinction is eliminating entire genera
WEBSep 18, 2023 · These rank among the best-known recent victims of what many scientists have declared the sixth mass extinction, as human actions are wiping out vertebrate animal species hundreds of times faster than they would otherwise disappear.
‘Before They Vanish’ addresses the crisis of species loss
WEB2 days ago · A new book by ecologists at Stanford and the National Autonomous University of Mexico advocates for earlier detection and mitigation of threats to ward off population extinction. Edith’s ...
Is there really a 1 in 6 chance of human extinction this century?
WEBPublished: October 5, 2023 3:03pm EDT. In 2020, Oxford-based philosopher Toby Ord published a book called The Precipice about the risk of human extinction. He put the chances of “existential...
Humans Are Speeding Extinction and Altering the Natural …
WEBMay 6, 2019 · With the human population passing 7 billion, activities like farming, logging, poaching, fishing and mining are altering the natural world at a rate “unprecedented in human history.”
An upper bound for the background rate of human extinction
WEBJul 30, 2019 · Out of all species that have existed, over 99% are now extinct 1. Although human activity is dramatically increasing extinction rates for many species 2, species extinctions were regular...
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